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Philippines at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

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Philippines at the
2025 Asian Winter Games
Flag of the Philippines
IOC codePHI
NOCPhilippine Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ph
in Harbin, China
7 February 2025 (2025-02-07) – 14 February 2025 (2025-02-14)
Competitors19 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Peter Groseclose & Kathleen Dubberstein
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Asian Winter Games appearances

The Philippines are competing in the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from 7 to 14 February.[1][2][3] However the curlers have began playing on 4 February ahead of the opening ceremony on 7 February.[4] There are 19 competing athletes for the country in five sports.

Their best performance so far was in the curling mixed doubles with Marc Pfister and Kathleen Dubberstein losing to China in the bronze medal game.

Background

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The Philippines are among the tropical nations competing at the 2025 Asian Winter Games.[5] They debuted at the games in 1990 with alpine skier Michael Teruel.[6]

Richard Lim of Karate Pilipinasleads the delegation.[7][8] The team was supposed to consist of 20 athletes competing in six sports, but the sole snowboarder got injured reducing the delegation to 19 athletes and five sports.[9]

Short track speed skater Peter Groseclose and curler Kathleen Dubberstein were the country's flagbearers for the opening ceremony.[10][11]

Competitors

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The following table lists the Filipino delegation per sport and gender.[12]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 1 1 2
Curling 5 5 10
Figure skating 2 3 5
Freestyle skiing 0 1 1
Short-track speed skating 1 0 1
Total 9 10 19

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Tallulah Proulx finished 16th overall after her two runs in the women's slalom.[13] Francis Ceccarelli got disqualified in the first run after he went out of the slalom line while trying to speed down.[14]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Francis Ceccarelli Men's slalom DSQ
Tallulah Proulx Women's slalom 58.24 20 55.18 14 1:53.42 16

Curling

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Main article: Curling at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

The Philippines entered all three events: mixed doubles, men's and women's teams. Ten curlers represented the country.[15] This marks the first time that curlers have competed for the Philippines at the Asian Winter Games, with the national federation Curling Pilipinas only being formed in 2023.[16][17]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Qualification Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Marc Pfister
Christian Haller
Enrico Pfister
Alan Frei
Benjo Delarmente 		Men's team  South Korea
L 1–6 		 Kazakhstan
W 4–1 		 Kyrgyzstan
W 12–2 		 Chinese Taipei
– 		—
Kathleen Dubberstein
Leilani Dubberstein
Jennifer de la Fuente
Sheila Mariano
Anne Marie Bonache 		Women's team  Hong Kong
W 7–2 		 Qatar
W 13–1 		 Japan
L 4–6 		 Kazakhstan
L 4–5 		 Thailand
W 16–0 		 China
L 5–9 		 South Korea
– 		 Chinese Taipei
–
Kathleen Dubberstein
Marc Pfister 		Mixed doubles  South Korea
W 12–6 		 Kyrgyzstan
W 10–2 		 Qatar
W 11–3 		 China
L 6–9 		 Kazakhstan
W 11–2 		— 2 Q  Chinese Taipei
W 7–2 		 Japan
L 3–10 		 China
L 5–6 		4

Men's tournament

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Main article: Curling at the 2025 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament

The Philippines entered a men's team which is skipped by Marc Pfister.[18]

Round robin
Group A Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 South Korea Lee Jae-beom 4 0 – 43 5 19 5 1 11 61.82
 Philippines Marc Pfister 2 1 – 17 9 7 7 5 1 71.38
 Kazakhstan Abylaikhan Zhuzbay 1 2 1–0 13 21 8 9 0 3 95.30
 Chinese Taipei Liu Bor-kai 1 2 0–1 13 24 7 13 0 2 109.63
 Kyrgyzstan Aibek Asanaliev 0 3 – 7 34 6 13 0 0 122.73
Draw 1

Sunday, 9 February, 13:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Lee) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 X 6
 Philippines (Pfister) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1
Draw 3

Monday, 10 February, 9:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Kazakhstan (Zhuzbay) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1
 Philippines (Pfister) (has hammer) 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 X 4
Draw 5

Monday, 10 February, 19:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Pfister) (has hammer) 2 0 5 0 4 1 X X 12
 Kyrgyzstan (Asanaliev) 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Draw 8

Wednesday, 12 February, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Pfister) (has hammer) 4 2 0 3 0 2 X X 11
 Chinese Taipei (Liu) 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 3

Women's tournament

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Main article: Curling at the 2025 Asian Winter Games – Women's tournament

The Philippines entered a women's team skipped by Kathleen Dubberstein.[19]

Round robin
Team Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 South Korea Gim Eun-ji 6 0 – 52 11 29 9 0 17 30.07
 China Wang Rui 6 1 – 79 19 30 15 1 16 42.34
 Japan Yuina Miura 5 1 – 54 19 26 13 1 11 34.26
 Kazakhstan Angelina Ebauyer 3 3 1–0 40 35 20 19 0 9 50.52
 Philippines Kathleen Dubberstein 3 3 0–1 49 23 25 15 1 14 66.33
 Hong Kong Ling-Yue Hung 2 4 1–0 26 38 17 25 0 6 110.80
 Chinese Taipei Yang Ko 2 4 0–1 22 54 12 25 1 4 76.73
 Thailand Kanya Natchanarong 1 6 – 18 82 14 25 0 6 124.78
 Qatar Sara Al-Qaet 0 6 – 10 69 7 28 1 4 155.38
Draw 1

Sunday, 9 February, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein) (has hammer) 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 X 7
 Hong Kong (Hung) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2
Draw 2

Sunday, 9 February, 17:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Qatar (Al-Qaet) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
 Philippines (Dubberstein) (has hammer) 0 5 2 0 5 1 X X 13
Draw 3

Monday, 10 February, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Japan (Miura) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 X 6
 Philippines (Dubberstein) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 X 4
Draw 5

Tuesday, 11 February, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Kazakhstan (Ebauyer) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 5
 Philippines (Dubberstein) 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
Draw 6

Tuesday, 11 February, 19:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein) (has hammer) 1 2 5 2 1 5 X X 16
 Thailand (Natchanarong) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
Draw 7

Wednesday, 12 February, 9:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein) 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 5
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 X 9
Draw 8

Wednesday, 12 February, 19:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein)  
 South Korea (Gim)  
Draw 9

Thursday, 13 February, 9:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Yang)  
 Philippines (Dubberstein)  

Mixed doubles tournament

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Main article: Curling at the 2025 Asian Winter Games – Mixed doubles

The Philippines entered a mixed doubles pair consisting of Marc Pfister and Kathleen Dubberstein. Prior to this tournament, the two have played mixed doubles together for six or seven times.[18] They started their campaign with an upset of world rank no. 13 South Korea.[5][20] With wins over Kyrgyzstan and Qatar and despite a loss to China, the Philippines was assured a spot in the qualification play-off.[21] They lost to Japan in the semifinal, and their rematch against China in the bronze medal game ended in a close defeat to finish fourth.[22][23]

Round robin
Group B Athletes W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
 China Han Yu / Wang Zhiyu 5 0 – 44 19 23 11 0 12 37.46
 Philippines Kathleen Dubberstein / Marc Pfister 4 1 – 50 22 21 13 0 12 58.24
 South Korea Kim Kyeong-ae / Seong Ji-hoon 3 2 – 50 22 24 9 0 14 47.83
 Kazakhstan Amina Seitzhanova / Azizbek Nadirbayev 2 3 – 26 43 14 21 0 6 55.33
 Kyrgyzstan Keremet Asanbaeva / Iskhak Abykeev 1 4 – 21 50 13 23 0 4 114.23
 Qatar Mabarka Al-Abdulla / Nasser Alyafei 0 5 – 15 50 8 26 0 1 98.31
Draw 1

Tuesday, 4 February, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) 5 0 2 0 0 0 5 X 12
 South Korea (Kim / Seong) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 X 6
Draw 2

Tuesday, 4 February, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Kyrgyzstan (Asanbaeva / Abykeev) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) (has hammer) 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 X 10
Draw 3

Wednesday, 5 February, 10:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) (has hammer) 0 3 3 1 3 1 X X 11
 Qatar (Al-Abdulla / Alyafei) 3 0 0 0 0 0 X X 3
Draw 5

Wednesday, 5 February, 18:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Han / Wang) (has hammer) 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 X 9
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 X 6
Draw 8

Thursday, 6 February, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) 2 4 1 1 1 0 2 X 11
 Kazakhstan (Seitzhanova / Nadirbayev) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 2
Qualification Game

Thursday, 7 February, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 X 7
 Chinese Taipei (Chou / Liu) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 2
Semifinal

Friday, 7 February, 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 3
 Japan (Koana / Aoki) (has hammer) 2 0 4 1 0 3 X X 10
Bronze medal game

Saturday, 8 February, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister) 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
 China (Han / Wang) (has hammer) 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 6

Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

The Philippines' is represented by individual skaters Paolo Borromeo, Sofia Frank, and Cathryn Limketkai. Pair skaters Isabella Gamez and Aleksandr Korovin will also compete. Russian-born Korovin received Filipino citizenship in 2024 allowing him to compete in the Asian Winter Games.[6] Philippine Skating Union president Nikki Cheng project at least a bronze medal for the duo.[24]The pair finished fourth in the short program and are scheduled to perform in the free program.[25]

Athlete(s) Event SP FP Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Paolo Borromeo Men's 61.11 9
Sofia Frank Women's
Cathryn Limketkai
Isabella Gamez / Aleksandr Korovin Pairs 55.63 4

Freestyle skiing

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Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Laetaz Rabe recorded a 56.0 point finish in the slopestyle and provisionally placed fifth. She tried different moves for her next two runs but registered a "did not improve" for both, relegating her to 6th place.[26]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Laetaz Rabe Big air
Slopestyle — 56.50 DNI DNI 56.50 6

Short-track speed skating

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Main article: Short-track speed skating at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Peter Groseclose advanced from the first round in all of his three events.[22] He did not reach the medal rounds for his events.[27]

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Peter Groseclose 500 m 42.562 2 Q 42.331 3 Did not advance
1000 m 1:29.636 2 Q 1:28.045 3 Did not advance
1500 m — 2:19.318 4 q 2:32.668 6 Did not advance

Snowboarding

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Main article: Snowboarding at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Adrian Tongko was supposed to compete but withdrew due to sustaining a knee injury while training in Hakuba, Japan.[16][28]

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